The impact of breastfeeding practices on respiratory and diarrhoeal disease in infancy: A study from Sri Lanka

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-118

  Perera, B J C ^a,b   Ganesan, S ^a   Jayarasa, J ^a   Ranaweera, S ^a  

^a LADY RIDGEWAY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Sri Lanka)

^b NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032908412     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.2.115     Document Type: Article

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